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18 For his soul shall be blessed in his life; he shall acknowledge to thee, when thou hast done well to him. (Even though his soul shall be blessed in this life; and people shall praise him, when he hath done well for himself.)

19 He shall enter till into the generations of his fathers; and till into without end he shall not see light. (He shall go to the generations of his forefathers; and none of them shall ever see the light again.)

20 A man/Man, when he was in honour, understood not; he is comparisoned to unwise beasts, and is made like to those. (Anyone, even when he hath been given great honour, liveth not forever; he is comparable to the unthinking beasts, and soon is made like them.)

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18 Though while they live they count themselves blessed—(A)
    and people praise you when you prosper—
19 they will join those who have gone before them,(B)
    who will never again see the light(C) of life.

20 People who have wealth but lack understanding(D)
    are like the beasts that perish.(E)

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